Claire McDowell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1877-10-31
Day of Death
1966-10-23 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Claire McDowell
Biography
Claire McDowell (2 November 1877 – 23 October 1966) was an American actress. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945.
Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films, McDowell appeared in numerous films, eventually graduating to playing character and mother types. She can be seen to good advantage in Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 The Mark of Zorro. McDowell appeared in two of the biggest films of the silent era, The Big Parade (1925) and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), both in which she played mothers.
She was married to silent screen character actor Charles Hill Mailes from 1906 to his 1937 death. The couple appeared in numerous silent films together, including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons, Robert Mailes and Eugene Mailes.
Claire McDowell died, aged 88, in Hollywood, California.
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Known For
Acting
(1945)
Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
(1944)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
(1944)
Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
(1943)
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
(1943)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Subway Passenger
(1943)
Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
(1943)
(1941)
Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
(1941)
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
(1940)
The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
(1940)
A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
(1939)
Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
(1939)
Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
(1939)
One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
(1938)
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
(1938)
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
(1938)
They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
(1938)
The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
(1937)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
(1937)
Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
(1937)
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
(1936)
August Week End
as Alma Washburne
(1935)
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
(1934)
British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
(1934)
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
(1934)
Bedside
as Nurse
(1934)
Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
(1933)
The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
(1933)
Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
(1933)
By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
(1932)
Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
(1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
(1932)
Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
(1932)
A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
(1932)
The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
(1932)
Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
(1932)
Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
(1931)
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
(1931)
Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
(1930)
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
(1930)
Brothers
as Bess Naughton
(1930)
Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
(1930)
The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
(1930)
Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
(1930)
Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
(1930)
Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
(1929)
The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
(1929)
The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
(1929)
Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
(1928)
The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
(1928)
The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
(1928)
Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
(1927)
The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
(1927)
Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
(1927)
The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
(1927)
Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
(1927)
The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
(1927)
The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
(1927)
A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
(1927)
Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos
(1926)
The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
(1926)
The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
(1926)
The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
(1926)
The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
(1926)
The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany
(1926)
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
(1925)
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
(1925)
The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
(1925)
The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
(1925)
Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The Reckless Sex
as Concha
(1925)
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1924)
Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
(1924)
Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
(1924)
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
(1924)
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
(1923)
Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
(1923)
Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
(1923)
Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
(1923)
The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
(1923)
Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister
(1923)
Circus Days
as Martha
(1923)
Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding
(1922)
Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
(1922)
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
(1922)
Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
(1922)
Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
(1922)
Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
(1921)
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
(1921)
Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
(1921)
What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
(1920)
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
(1920)
Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
(1920)
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
(1920)
The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
(1920)
Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All
(1920)
The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
(1919)
Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
(1919)
Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
(1919)
(1919)
The Feud
as Mary Lynch
(1919)
The Follies Girl
as Nina
(1918)
You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
as Annette
(1917)
The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
(1917)
(1917)
The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
(1917)
The Empty Gun
as Mary
(1917)
The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
(1917)
The White Raven
as Daisy
(1917)
Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
(1916)
Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
(1916)
The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
(1916)
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
(1915)
A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
(1915)
Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
(1915)
The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
(1915)
Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
(1915)
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
(1915)
Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
(1915)
The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
(1915)
The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire
(1915)
The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
(1915)
The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
(1915)
The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
(1915)
As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
Her Hand
as Olga
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
Concentration
as The Mother
(1914)
Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
(1914)
A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
(1914)
His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
(1913)
The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
(1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
(1913)
The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
(1913)
A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
(1913)
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
(1913)
The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
(1913)
The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
(1913)
The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
(1913)
The Mirror
as Daisy
(1913)
The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
(1913)
A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
(1913)
The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
(1913)
The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
(1913)
The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
(1913)
The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
(1913)
Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
(1913)
(1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
(1913)
The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
(1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
(1913)
All for Science
as Detective
(1913)
The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
(1913)
The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
(1913)
The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
(1913)
The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
(1913)
A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
(1913)
The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
(1913)
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
(1913)
The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
(1913)
The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
(1913)
The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
(1913)
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
(1913)
A Gamble with Death
as Kate
(1912)
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
(1912)
The Old Actor
as At Audition
(1912)
Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman
(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town
(1912)
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter
(1912)
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
(1912)
The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee
(1912)
The Sunbeam
as The Spinster
(1912)
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife
(1912)
A String of Pearls
as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
(1912)
A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife
(1912)
A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
(1912)
The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
(1912)
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother
(1912)
The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
(1912)
Under Burning Skies
as The Friend
(1912)
The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother
(1912)
The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman
(1912)
Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother
(1912)
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress
(1912)
A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
(1912)
Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother
(1911)
The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess
(1911)
A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother
(1911)
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman
(1911)
Fisher Folks
as At Fair
(1911)
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
(1911)
Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert
(1911)
The Primal Call
as The Woman
(1911)
(1911)
A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife
(1911)
The Long Road
as Ned's Wife
(1911)
A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun
(1911)
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
(1911)
His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier
(1911)
Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding
(1911)
The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn
(1910)
A Flash of Light
as At First Party
(1910)
The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
(1910)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost
(1910)
Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid
(1910)
The Message of the Violin
as The Other Woman's Servant
(1910)
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife
(1910)
The Oath and the Man
as Rebel
(1910)
The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1908)
(1908)
The Call of the Wild
as Party Guest
(1908)
The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland